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' DRUGGIsTs AQABINET Filed April 22, 1945 2 Sheets-Shep?. l

April 11, 1944.

Filed April 22. 1943 H. J. HAUSR DRUGGI ST S CABINET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented Apr. 1l, 1944 OFFICE DRUGGIs'rjs CABINET HerbertJosephHausenHamilton, Ontario,

v Canada.

Application Apjnll 22, 1943, serial No. 484,041 3 Claims. 'for 31a- 156)This invention relates to improvementsr in druggists locked cabinets,and consists broadly of a cabinet having adjustably` disposed shelvinganda door or closure for the opening to the cabinet proper. larlyto thesaid door which consists essentially of a panel having on its interiorface a box frame, the interior opposed walls of which are peculiarlygrooved for the reception of novel shelving and partitioning.

I'he principal object of the invention is to provide in a locked cabinetand particularly in a, novel closure for the cabinet means forconveniently accommodating for safe keeping variously dimensionedbottles, vials, or other containers for poisons, noxious drugs,narcotics,V and other substances particularly subject to theft.

Another important object is `to provide a device of the kind specifiedin which the shelving p and partitioning of the closure accommodationmeans are conveniently adjustable when in the course of events more ofone range ofparticularly dimensioned bottles or vials or othervcontainers are to be accommodated than: vanother or others.

`Another important object is to provide an articlel of the classdescribed which will be simple, effective, durable, and inexpensive toproduce and to purchase.

With the above and other objects in view as will be hereinafterapparent, the invention consists in general of certain novel details ofcon@ struction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described,illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings like characters of reference indicate likeparts in the several Views, and:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved cabinet and closureshowing the latter in an opened position.

Figure 2 is a rear elevation of the door or closure.

Figure 3 is a median sectional side elevation of the door.

Figure 4 is a top sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of one of the door shelves.

Figure 6 is a face View of one of the glass partitions or guards.

In its present embodiment the invention consists of the cabinet IU inwhich is situated a plurality of shelves II which are variably and Theinvention relates particucommonly adjustable for elevation on verticalracks I 2.

Hinged to the cabinet opening is a door o r closure consisting of thepanel I3 on the inside face of which is suitably mounted a box frameconsisting of vertical side pieces I 4, top piece I5 and bottom pieceI6.

In the inside opposed faces of the verticaI side pieces I4 symmetricalhorizontal pairs of opposed grooves I'I are formed, and these groovesintersect at right angles with opposed pairs of vertical grooves I8.selectively insertable in the horizontal grooves I1 yare a plurality ofshelves I9 which may be selectively moved from oneA pair of opposedgrooves to another. These shelves may be provided in any number, someof` which will be spares, the number used depending on the requiredcontents of the box frame, the proportions and dimensions of such, andthe quantity of the various types of contents which in ordinary courseof events varies fromtime to time. As an example, two shelves are hereshown in use, and as will be seen, the bottom piece I6 of the box frameis utilized, as is common in such instances, as the bottommost shelf inany event. Moreover, it will be observed that some of Vthe shelves areabbreviated, such as the shelf shown uppermost in the drawings, that isto'sajy, they extend from the panel I3 forwardlyonly past the innermostpair of opposed vertical grooves I8, in that in some instances it willbe found preferable to store small bottles or vials in single rows,whereas at other times it will be found advantageous to store suchbottles or vials in double rows according to the shelf shown lowermostin the drawings which will be seen to extend forwardly from the doorpanel IS past the outermost pair of opposed vertical grooves I8.

Selectively carried in the vertical grooves I8 are a plurality ofpartitions or guards 20 which are preferably formed of plate glass, andin ybreadth they approximately equal the distance in elevation betweenone horizontal groove and the next above or beneath. The partitions tloosely in the vertical grooves, as do the shelves I9 for ease ininserting and extracting them from one position to another, and haverounded corners as can be seen in Figure 6 so they can be in troducedinto the box frame and pass the vertical sides I4 in a tilted positionand subsequently slid into the intended vertical pair of grooves.

The forward parts of the shelves are reduced in thickness and it is uponthese reduced portions or lips 2| that the glass partitions seat whenthey are in position. As can be seen, the risers be arrangement obtainswith the exception of a case l,

such as will be observed in the lower shelf shown on the drawings wherethe innermost partition rests on the portion of the shelf of normalthickness while the outermost partition or guard r-estsl able shelvesselectively spaced in opposed pairs of horizontal grooves and adapted toslide freely in and out of said grooves for elevational arrangement andrearrangement, pairs of opposed vertical grooves in said side pieces andintersecting the horizontal grooves, said shelves being of unequal depthand each having a frontal portion reduced in thickness whereby a riseris provided between the reduced portion and the normally thick portion,the riser of one shelf being in the same vertical plane as the insideedges of one pair of vertical grooves and the riser of the other shelfbeing in the plane of the inside edges of another pair of verticalgrooves, a plurality of partitionsor guards selectively and looselyarranged "in pairs of opposed vertical grooves, said partion the reducedportion of the shelf and maintains 'Y the latter in position aspreviously specified.

There has thus been provided a simple and efcient device of the kinddescribed and for the purpose specified.

It is obvious that minor changes may be' made in the form andconstruction of the invention without departing from the material spiritthereof. It isA not, therefore, desired to corinne the invention to theexact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include allsuch as properly come within the scope claimed.

I claim:

1. In a compartment, side pieces of the compartment having opposed pairsof horizontal grooves spaced one above the other, a removable shelfselectively disposed in one pair of horizon- -tal grooves and adapted toslide freely in and out of said pair for elevational rearrangementV inanother pair, a pair of opposed vertical grooves in said side pieces andintersecting the horizontal grooves, said shelf having a frontal portionreduced in thickness whereby a riser is provided between the reducedportionand the normally thick portion, said riser being in a verticalplane with the inside edges of the vertical grooves,.ra partitionY orguard loosely arranged in the vertical grooves and resting on thereduced portion of the shelf and abutting said riser whereby the shelfis positionally locked.

2. In a compartment, side pieces ofthe compartment having opposed pairsof horizontal grooves spaced one above the other, two vremovtions orguards resting on respective reduced portions.,` of the shelves andabutting said risers whereby the shelves are positionally locked.

`3. 'In'acompartmenn side pieces of the compartment having opposed pairsof horizontal grooves spaced one above the other, a removable shelfdisposed in one pair of horizontal grooves and adapted to slide freelyin and out of said pair for selective elevational rearrangement inanother'pair, a second removable shelf similarly disposed in anotheropposed pair of horizontal grooves and similarly adapted for elevationalrearrangement, pairs of opposed vertical grooves in said side pieces andintersecting the horizontal grooves, said shelves being of unequal depthand each having a frontal portion reduced in thickness whereby a riseris provided between the reduced portion and the normally thick portion,the riserof one shelf being in the same vertical plane as the insideedges of one of the vertical pairs of grooves and the riser of the othershelf being similarly aligned with another pair of vertical grooves, apartition or guard loosely arranged in one pair of opposed verticalgrooves and resting on the reduced portion of one shelf, a secondpartition or guard similarly arranged inanother pair of opposed verticalgrooves and resting on the reduced portion of the second shelf, saidpartitions or guards abutting the risers of ythe shelves whereby theshelves are positionally locked.

HERBERT JOSEPH HAUSER.

